Pre-Market Sale spotlight: Louisa Harding Kashmir DK.
From May 5th – 27th, we have Elsebeth Lavold and Louisa Harding yarns discounted during our Pre-Market Sale: single skeins are reduced by 30% and full bags of 10 are 40% off! Throughout the sale, I’ll...
View ArticleHandwoven.
The May/June 2015 issue of Handwoven has arrived! This issue is dedicated to texture in weaving, with articles and projects focused on techniques and materials that create interesting textures in woven...
View ArticleShow and tell: pastels.
As we head off to TNNA to see what’s new in knitting, crochet, and weaving for the Fall, we’ll close the shop from Thursday, May 28th – Monday, June 1st, reopening on Tuesday, June 2nd. I’ll be...
View ArticleWe’ve gone to Market!
Each year, we travel to the National NeedleArts Trade Show, where we place fall and winter orders for the shop from some of our favorite vendors and look out for new favorites, too. This year, Anne,...
View ArticleNew yarns from old friends.
It’s been an exciting day at market! We visited some of our favorite people today, and it was great to chat about what’s new, see sample garments, and admire each company’s full range of fibers and...
View ArticleAnother day at TNNA.
One of the great opportunities at TNNA is to take classes with skilled designers and teachers in the field of fiber arts. This morning, Anne and Rosi tried spinning with Nancy Shroyer, and Amy and I...
View ArticleShow and tell: colorwork.
We always love to see what you’re making with HYS yarns, and I love to take photos of your beautiful finished pieces to share here on the blog. Today, I have a bundle of show-and-tell projects with one...
View ArticlePerfectly Feminine Knits, and other new books.
If you haven’t been to the shop in a couple of weeks, prepare for a fresh batch of books and magazines on the teacart, where we showcase the latest publications. Perfectly Feminine Knits is the latest...
View ArticleLate Bloomer Buttons.
We’re delighted to announce that we now carry handmade buttons from Late Bloomer Pottery! Frumet is a local potter who makes beautiful functional pieces here in the Triangle. She and Diane recently...
View ArticleLearn to weave!
Since we first became a Schacht dealer back in November, we’ve connected with lots of lovely weavers and watched as many of our knitters and crocheters became weavers, as well. We’ve brought in UKI...
View ArticleShibui Trunk Show!
Our walls are newly decorated with an exciting Shibui Trunk Show! We’ll have 8 garments from their Spring/Summer 2015 pattern collection on display here at the shop until June 24th. Many of these...
View ArticleNew crochet publications.
This week brought two new publications for crocheters, a book and a magazine. The Summer 2015 issue of Interweave Crochet features crocheted dresses and other warm-weather garments, along with a spread...
View ArticleNew colors in Vivacious 4ply.
We received a lovely bundle from Fyberspates last week, bursting with bags of their Vivacious 4ply yarn. Vivacious 4ply is a high twist, superwash merino wool in a fingering weight. Though we just...
View ArticleBaa-bles and pom-poms.
While we were at TNNA, in between swatching new yarns and meeting with vendors, I worked on a colorwork hat. In spite of the long, busy days, the hat was quickly completed, due to the thick,...
View ArticleVogue Knitting.
The Early Fall 2015 issue of Vogue Knitting has arrived here at the shop, right in the middle of a heat wave that makes “Early Fall” seem particularly far away. This issue has plenty of patterns to...
View ArticleBack in stock: Malabrigo.
Malabrigo is a small yarn company out of Uruguay that is well known for its soft merino yarns, and their vivid, hand-dyed colorways. We stock many of their yarns here at the shop, and their popularity...
View ArticleAraucania Ranco and Queensland Bebe Cotsoy: now on sale!
Two more discontinued yarns have moved to the Sale Trunk here at the shop: Araucania Ranco and Queensland Bebe Cotsoy. Lovely yarns, both, but since they’re no longer manufactured, we’re offering them...
View ArticleNew old Isager patterns.
We always place a big Isager order at TNNA, and this year our main cause was restocking Alpaca 2 and Tweed. While we were there, we learned that some old favorite patterns for Isager yarns had been...
View ArticleAnnual Inventory Sale!
As many of you know, July is our annual inventory sale month. From the 1st to the 31st, everything in the shop is discounted by 15%, with the exception of classes and yarns that have already been...
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